Brief History of Time 'signed' with a thumbprint

Brief History of Time 'signed' with a thumbprint
Stephen Hawking. 1988
Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).

A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes. New York: Bantam Books, 1988.

First American edition with authorial thumbprint of Hawking's bestselling science classic. A fine copy, 'signed' with an authorial thumbprint on front free endpaper. Provenance: the estate of the late Professor Stephen Hawking.

Octavo (230 x 153mm). Text-illustrations. Publisher's black quarter cloth, blue pictorial dustjacket.